Yeah I didn't mean necessarily that you were referring to his looks. Personally I like his voice is good and has a distinction that makes it recognizable. They are like any other band in that even fans probably aren't wowed by every single song. If you're ever inclined, I recommend listening to the album "The Bends" from beginning to end. There are a number of tracks on that one I like, but here's another one that got a lot of airplay:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BciOfJsqh7M
I liked Erasure, even tho some of their tunes were a little too upbeat and spunky, I just loved the synth aspect of the music and Vince could do some great things with melodies. Old Yaz was good too. Never was a Madonna fan although many of her tracks were extremely well produced from a technical perspective back in the day.
I'm going to answer the question about the Ultranova over in that thread just to keep everything written so far in one place.